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tortilla chips, to serve

Method

Use a large knife to pulverise the tomato to a pulp on a board, then tip into a bowl. Halve and stone the avocados (saving a stone) and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into the bowl with the tomato.

Tip all the other ingredients into the bowl, then season with salt and pepper. Use a whisk to roughly mash everything together. If not serving straight away, sit a stone in the guacamole (this helps to stop it going brown), cover with cling film and chill until needed. Scatter with the coriander, if using, then serve with tortilla chips or spicy wedges and sour cream.

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Comments, questions and tips

I used a blender to chop up the tomato, onion, coriander and red chilli and then just mashed in the avocado and lime juice. I think it needs a surprising amount of salt and pepper to bring out all the flavours.

ambertuesday

3rd Jul, 2017

5.05

yum. I can not stand coriander but I added it as I felt I ought to (?!) I was glad I did. I also added a small clove of garlic and a pinch of salt. My avocados were not really ripe enough but this was fine as it just gave us a nice chunky texture rather than a pureed one. I also put the stones in the mixture, carefully covered closely with cling film. Was only a couple of hours but no browning.

betsyvriend

27th Jun, 2017

5.05

Absolutely loved this and won't buy guac from the supermarket again! I used a whole pack of coriander and a lot of lime juice so added an extra avocado to balance things out - absolutely delicious, fresh-tasting, a thousand miles away from the ready-made stuff from the supermarket (which I must sheepishly admit I used to love). No more of that for me! This tastes so fresh and healthy and is so easy to make! Great tip about the avo stones too.

vera84

26th Apr, 2017

5.05

Absolutely delicious!

Slippers74

24th Feb, 2017

Why does it recommend 'saving a stone?'

cazandjay

9th Mar, 2017

If you're not using it straight away you can put a stone in the guac and it won't go brown.

GemV

2nd Feb, 2017

5.05

Absolutely fantastic! I was never keen on guacamole before this recipe but this is delicious, I make it every week to go with various lunches.

susyj

14th Jan, 2017

5.05

Beautiful recipe. Had a dollop of this with a juicy steak,spicy potato wedges,garlic mushrooms and green salad. We just kept going and the three of us polished the lot off. Followed the recipe to the letter and found it worked perfectly.

Yummy_yum_yum

24th Sep, 2016

5.05

Amazingggggg!!!! Tastes great, never buying shop bought ever again!

dotty69

2nd Aug, 2016

5.05

This guacamole is soooo good. I had it for dinner with some other dips and pitta, breadsticks etc and then spent the evening in front of the tele with a bag of tortilla chips and the rest of the guacamole. I made it again three days later it. Its delicious

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